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John Wick mastermind Chad Stahelski inks an extensive first-look deal at Lionsgate for original action movies

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Chad Stahelski is upping his working relationship with Lionsgate by signing a multi-year first-look deal focusing on action films. Lionsgate and John Wick aficionado Chad Stahelski are taking their working relationship to the next level after the stuntman-turned-premiere filmmaker inked a multi-year producing deal with the studio focusing on action films. Per today’s official press release, the … Read more

Will Tom Cruise return to drama movies under Warner Bros. deal?

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Will Tom Cruise return to more serious dramatic movies like Magnolia under his new partnership with Warner Bros.? Just last month, Tom Cruise entered a partnership with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to develop and produce original and franchise theatrical films, but what kind of movies does Cruise … Read more

The Joe Rogan Experience re-news its deal with Spotify but moves to a non-exclusive distribution plan

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The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is renewing its deal with Spotify but is going non-exclusive to expand its reach across multiple platforms. Spotify is all-in to keep The Joe Rogan Experience on its streaming platform. Today, the music, podcast, and audiobook platform announced it’s inked a multi-year extension to host Rogan‘s top-rated program. However, rather than make … Read more

Alien TV series won’t deal with the mythology or technology of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant

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The Alien TV series from Fargo creator Noah Hawley won’t be acknowledging the Alien prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant Decades after making the sci-fi horror classic Alien, director Ridley Scott returned to the Alien franchise with the intention of making a series of prequels that would tell us all about the “Space Jockey” and the … Read more

SAG-AFTRA strike is over as actors and studios reach deal

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The SAG-AFTRA strike is now over, as the actors and studios have reached a new three-year deal with the studios. It’s official! After 118 days, the SAG-AFTRA strike is over. The actors guild has reached a tentative agreement with studios for a new three-year contract. The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved the agreement in a unanimous … Read more

WGA Suggests Studios Break From the AMPTP to Negotiate Deal

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Amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the union’s leaders are suggesting that the studio member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) break from the organization and negotiate with them individually. “[D]uring individual conversations with legacy studio executives in the weeks since SAG-AFTRA went on strike, we have … Read more

Daniel Kraus novel lands film deal

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Daniel Kraus’ survival thriller novel Whalefall, about a diver who gets swallowed by a sperm whale, has landed a film adaptation deal Daniel Kraus has worked with Guillermo del Toro on the novel Trollhunters, which inspired the Netflix animated series, and the novelization of The Shape of Water. When George A. Romero left behind an … Read more